The STEM II project (Supporting the Education of Marginalised Girls) was funded by UK aid through the Girls’ Education Challenge. Findings from the project’s baseline report uncovered incidents of harassment in schools by teachers and of girls being bullied by boys on their way home. In response, the project introduced a series of activities designed ...
As the coronavirus emerged as a global threat, Mercy Corps Nepal began taking steps to ensure the safety of its staff and partners, ensure continuity of program activities and proactively engage with the government's effort to contain the spread of COVID 19. Mercy Corps Nepal formed an internal taskforce on February 21st to adapt with the ...
As the coronavirus emerged as a global threat, Mercy Corps Nepal began taking steps to ensure the safety of its staff and partners, ensure continuity of program activities and proactively engage with the government's effort to contain the spread of COVID 19. Mercy Corps Nepal formed an internal taskforce on February 21st to adapt with ...
MANAGING RISK THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (M-RED II) IN NEPAL Balmi, a small village in Kanchanpur district of Far-West Nepal has endured severe and repetitive floods. The flood sources are recognized to be Doda river – tributaries of Bhayli river and Macheli river. Major disastrous floods in 2007 and 2008 caused colossal damage that forced farmers ...
“The gift of material goods makes people dependent, but the gift of knowledge makes them free.” The capacity building and skills development programs carried out by the Woman Initiative Fund (WIF) helps vulnerable and disadvantaged community members, like Sabita Devi Chaudhary, improve their livelihoods by starting their own farming businesses. After serving as a Kamiya ...
STEM Jamboree 2019 was celebrated with much anticipated grandeur and fanfare on November 15, 2019 in Dhangadhi, Kailali. The annual event organized by STEM II (Supporting the education of Marginalized Girls), is marked to celebrate girls’ education. This year, the event featured a day long activities of cultural performances, exhibitions, fun activities. More than 600 ...
Rajani Chaudhary stands tall donning her traditional Tharu attire confidently addressing a Girls Education Challenge seminar full of government officials and donor agencies. It is difficult to believe she was working as a Kamlari (bonded laborer) not so long ago in Bardgodiya Municipality of Kailali. Chaudhary was born in a poor family with five sisters and a ...
